This is a fine art lithograph. It’s an original work of fine art which was produced at the prestigious S2 Atelier in New York City in 1997. It was inspired by a poster first created in 1893. These fine art lithographs are recreations of the original. Great care was taken to precisely re-create the artists original image. Most of the chromists hand draw directly onto specially prepared surfaces that are then transferred onto lithographic plates. Lithography involves creating hand drawn plates, one for each color, which are then ‘pulled’ through antique printing presses one color at a time. The resulting lithograph is in pure color, as opposed to the dot structure which occurs in the photographic process of modern printing. At the heart of the S2 Atelier are it’s two rare, French made Marinoni Voirin ‘editioning’ printing presses ‘ they both date back to the mid 19th century. These are the best fine art lithographs made in the industry today. You cannot find anything better than these.Aristide Bruant was a strong, forceful entertainer of intimate, chic cabarets – the kind of places where fashionable society went slumming”. Bruant created “La Chanson Realiste” – he spoke his songs (most of which he wrote himself) more than actually singing them. His flamboyant presence and the defiant, social and political lyrics were more effective than the quality of his voice. The title of Lautrec’s posters, “Les Chansonniers de Montmartre,” refers to the satirical singers of Montmartre.Lautrec catches the almost brutal quality of the performer and the disdain with which he treated his audiences by having him show us the broad of his back, with the red scarf forming what appears to be an exclamation point. It is widely agreed that this is one of Lautrec’s most important images.According to Jack Rennert. “A complete listing of Toulouse-Lautrec’s works contain over a thousand items and only about 30 of them are posters; yet in this small output there are masterpieces whose power is just as strong today as when they were drawn. It’s in the incisive way he sees his subjects, giving us sharp character sketches, often accompanied by social commentary, with wit insight and wisdom. He stages his compositions with the eye of a painter, then draws them with the skill of a caricaturist to extract the essence of a personality.””